Reading Assignment

• Choose a book that interests you. If you are looking for recommendations, please see the list of engaging titles is provided below.
• Read your book.
• Share your book through an expressive platform (refer to step 4) where you discuss/demonstrate at least one of the following ideas: 
  • How the book inspires you.
  • How the book brings people together.
  • A message from the book that can help to make a difference in the world.
  • How you connect personally to the book.
• Choose a platform below to express your idea. Examples include but are not limited to:
  • Create a 60-second video
  • Create a 60-second TikTok or skit
  • Write a brief poem or song
  • Write a news article
  • Create a piece of art or visual representation
  • Create a photo and/or quote collage
  • Or a platform of your choice
• Submit your project using this google form: https://forms.gle/ekwJX5NHb4FMtivk9

Book Suggestions

The books represent different cultures from around the world.

❖ Ghost by Jason Reynolds
❖ All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
❖ Dear Martin by Nic Stone
❖ Black Boy by Richard White
❖ Wishing Tree by Katherine Applegate
❖ How I Became a Ghost by Tim Tingle
❖ Refugee by Alan Gratz
❖ On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
❖ The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
❖ Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

❖ The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
❖ The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
❖ I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
❖ The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
❖ Becoming by Michelle Obama
❖ Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
❖ Black Brother Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
❖ Some Places More Than Others by Rhenee Watson
❖ A High Five for Glenn Burke
❖ Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

❖ Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
❖ Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
❖ They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
❖ Genesis Begins Again by Alicia Williams
❖ Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
❖ Love from A to Z by S. K.
❖ Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
❖ Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

Digital books can be downloaded using: https://soraapp.com/library/capitalregionny/campaign-sora-sweet-reads-503/page-1

Summer Reading Book Talk

A book talk is when people come together to discuss literature.  Jr./Sr. High School teachers and administrators will host two book talks where all students are invited to come together virtually to discuss their books and the messages portrayed through different pieces of literature.

• Where: Zoom (A link will be sent to student email addresses and posted on the school website)
• When: Wednesday, July 22 and Wednesday, August 12.
  Time: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

You do not need to have finished your book to participate in the book talk!